Benfica 5-2 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 5-2 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 December 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Benfica defeated Rio Ave 5-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 18 December 2010. The half-time score was 2-1.

P. Aimar opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Benfica's goals came from P. Aimar (5'), Javier Saviola (8'), Javier Saviola (52'), Eduardo Salvio (62') and Eduardo Salvio (73'). Rio Ave scored through João Tomás (43') and João Tomás (71', penalty).

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 27 points from 13 and Rio Ave 13th on 14 points from 13. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 63 points, and Rio Ave 8th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Rio Ave's D-W-W-D-W.